Read: William Bell's campaign finance reportBirmingham Mayor Wil­liam Bell spent more than $313,000 in his run for the office, according to year­end finance reports filed with the Jefferson County Probate office.

Bell raised $328,577 in his campaign and ended the race with $15,484 re­maining.

Patrick Cooper, Bell’s mayoral challenger in last month’s runoff, did not file a report as required. Fail­ure to do so is a misdemea­nor but is rarely pros­ecuted.

Cooper campaign man­ager Bruce Pettway on Tuesday said Cooper is out town.

“When he returns he will definitely get a report in,” Pettway said. “I don’t think he realized the time frame. By this being a special elec­tion it threw the timing off. He is not trying to ignore that law that it needs to be turned in.”

Pettway said he expects Cooper to return and file his paperwork within a week.

The bulk of Bell’s contri­b utions, more than $160,000, came from PACs, with PACs controlled by Rudolph Davidson contrib­uting the largest amounts at about $70,000.

Davidson, of Birming­ham, is a retired UAB pro­fessor and former lobbyist.

BIZ PAC contributed $21,500. BIZ PAC is one of several PACs formed by Clark Richardson, former president of the Business Council of Alabama.

Bell also received a single $15,000 contribution from Alabamians for Economic Development, a PAC chaired by James S. Hol­brook, CEO of Sterne Agee & Leach, a Birmingham investment bank.

Bell last week announced that Holbrook would re­view and make recommen­dations on city finances in a month. Holbrook, who also personally gave $5,000 to the mayor’s campaign, is volunteering his services, Bell said.

Bell’s largest single ex­pense was $160,284 to Ma­trix LLC, a Montgomery­based political consulting firm. The firm has played roles in several recent Bir­mingham political con­tests, including former Mayor Larry Langford’s win in 2007, Councilwoman’s Carole Smitherman’s failed bid for mayor and Johna­than Austin’s successful council race.